Americans Try Welsh Food for the First Time in Cardiff, Wales
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- We are taking you on a Cardiff food tour as we explore the city, trying Welsh foods and British foods that we've never tried before for the first time. From a lovely stew called cawl to traditional Welsh cakes, there are lots of amazing things to try.
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bristol m shed pleaseeeee
Laverbread (Welsh delicacy made from seaweed) ...delicious mixed with oatmeal to form small cakes then fried as part of a Welsh breakfast with cockles and streaky bacon.
Chocolate Concrete - not an old time British food, but one a lot of Brits will associate with childhood. Usually served with pink custard.
Alternatively - parkin. It’s a type of cake from Yorkshire where I’m from , it’s sort of a gingery stodgy cake. Very specific to that region and usually eaten on bonfire night .
Hi guys, I live in Cardiff and am so happy to hear you enjoyed your time here. Personally, I always buy my welsh cakes from Cardiff Market. They do the best ones (outside of homemade)
Bara brith straight out of the oven (or, at least, warmed in the oven) with a load of butter on it is stunning.
Next time you come to Wales you both should definitely try cockles and lavabread (seaweed).
Nooooooo! Don’t eat lava bread. It’s vile !
Laverbread is great stuff. You can buy it in tins. Mix with oatmeal, form into a small round ‘cake’ and fry it, together with bacon. You can add some fried black pudding and fried bread too. Makes a great breakfast!
Yes bara brith WITH BUTTER is the way to go! And WELL DONE having the Welsh cakes hot off the griddle. 👍
I'd love to try the apple one. Yum!!!
Ohh man you guys should have visited North Wales if you were by Chester! Conwy castle, Llandudno, Snowdonia, Llangollen, Caernarfon Castle, the list goes on! The language is kept alive in the north also, you’ll hear people chatting away in Welsh walking down the high street as it’s a first language for a huge majority up here! Loved the video though. Cymru am Byth! 🏴
Goddllan...
You'd be surprised at the amount of Welsh I heard in Cardiff, of all places, being spoken by 6 year olds on the way to school with mam. In the leafy suburb on Cyncoed, no less, which you'd think would be as anglophone as it's possible to get in Wales (with exception of Monmouth and the Eastern Valleys, maybe). However, appearances are very, very deceiving.
The language is alive all over Wales. At the time I was a student in Cardiff (nearly 40 years ago) there was a 6 year waiting list for Welsh medium education in the city. That means you practically had to put your kid's name down before you conceived them. So be under no illusion: there was no lack of demand. And not to "keep the language alive", as you put it. But to put it front and and centre as a vibrant language to make Welsh people so much richer than they would be if handicapped by the ability to only speak English. Which, let's face it, is like being blind in one eye.
It's important to understand, also, that while it sounds great that "the huge majority" speaking Welsh as a first language in North Wales is, in reality, a huge majority of.... not many. Not many at all. So let's dwell on that for a moment, shall we?
FYI, while the percentage of people in Gwynedd that speak Welsh is around 74% of the population, Gwynedd has 88,400 Welsh speakers. That's behind Carmarthenshire with 90,900. Which, in turn, is behind Cardiff with 94,200. Shock, horror! Who'd have thought it? A city that for many years, judging by the Cardiff accent in English, was only "semi-Welsh" to many of us, whether Welsh speakers or not. Yet 94,200, squeezed into an area of 5 miles by 10 miles. The difference is that while the language is alive in Cardiff, for much of the time it's behind closed doors and within the family.
From some of the most recent statistics, out of the 10 communities in Wales that saw an increase in the percentage of Welsh speakers, seven were in Cardiff. Meanwhile, in traditional strongholds of the Welsh language, the numbers are currently in decline. In Carmarthenshire in particular.
I love Welsh Rarebit/Rabbit, also Welsh cakes with a wipe of butter.
When I was young, my mother would make herself little suppers. For years, I thought she called it cow heel, only much later did I realise it was Cawl.
Bara brith is super easy to make, naturally dairy free, and easily made vegan (swap the egg for a medium banana). It's one of my go-to recipes for bake sales and always goes quickly. My recipe starts with around 400ml of black tea in which you soak a pound of sultanas overnight.
Warm with butter is yummy
@@fayesouthall6604yes!! Salty butter especially nice
My gran used to make it all the time. My mum and dad and his parents moved to South Africa where I was born and raised, so having a Welsh gran baking was incredible. Warm with lashings of butter.
Other places you should visit - Tenby, Saundersfoot, Portmerion, Shrinkle Bay, Barmouth. 👍
Clotted cream on fresh plain scones with jam. You are so right, that is the best thing in the universe.
So glad you enjoyed the food here. I love Welsh cakes used to make them a lot years ago - Jeremy it is caster sugar that is used it is finer than granulated, as you noticed - made my mouth water watching you taste these, although I do prefer the traditional. Looking forward to your next visit here. BTW Caerphilly Castle would be a good one to visit built in the 13th Century - approx. 8 miles outside Cardiff 💖
Welsh lamb is to die for, so nice.
We live close to Cardiff. Try a roast Welsh lamb dinner with mint sauce, a Welsh breakfast with laverbread and cockles and some Glamorgan sausages
We also vlog and if you want to do a collab on Welsh food we are happy to help. Check out @flydriveexplore 😊
Love you guys, you seem so genuine and wholesome, and the amount of research you do into the places you visit and the food you eat is fab 🥰 wish you'd come to my neck of the woods (Hastings/Battle/Rye - not too far from Brighton) 😊
I live on the South Coast about 100 miles from Hastings. I must say, Hastings impressed me, definitely needed a bit of work but loads of history, a bit of a rough diamond really. Can imagine it gets a bit overlooked what with trendy Brighton nearby. Felt a lot more genuine and quirky than Eastbourne though. Stayed at the Haven caravan site down the road too, which was super cheap (£49 for four nights) but then it was October I guess.
Totally
This is how we should all aim to be travelling
Hey guys, this is what you need, fresh welsh bacon fried in a little oil, remove the bacon from the pan, fresh Penclawdd cockles, fry until golden brown, next remove the cockles and fry the Bara Lawr (Laver bread) until sufficiently warmed. Plenty of seasoning throughout. Half a loaf of fresh brown bread, awesome meal.
You two are such positive people, I love watching your videos especially as we are off to the uk in June from New Zealand
Brains SA is often called Skull Attack 😊
Pleased you liked the Welsh Cakes and the Bara brith so do I, I,m a retired Chef from one of our esteemed Public Schools often as vegatarian choice we would do what we call Glamorgan Sausage which is basicaly breadcrumbs finely chopped leeks,cheese, mustard added egg formed into a sausage shape coated in more breadcrumbs and fried,if you come back to Wales on a road trip can recommend a visit to the Isle Angelsey also the Llyn peninsular a visit to the unique village of Portmeirion the Coast of Pembrokeshire is very nice to
I very much enjoy your videos and I’m glad you have enjoyed Wales. When you return make sure you visit Gwynedd and Clwyd. Snowdonia is stunning with the walks around Beddgelert being some of my favourites. I’m sure you’d love the walled town of Conwy, the castle and the wild horses on the mountain behind. Try the Ty Coch inn at Portdinllaen (Morfa Nefyn) which sits on one of the most beautiful bays in the country. Bodnant Gardens are stunning and the awesome slate mines around Dinorwig are worth a visit. There is much more to see and do besides.
Worth noting Clwyd doesn't exist anymore, the county names were changed in 1996, what was Clwyd is now the county of Conwy, just to save any confusion, it was a bit annoying really as it's my home county.
@@markjones127 Misleading. The River Clwyd flows through what is now called Denbighshire. The former county of Clwyd (essentially the northeast corner of Wales) is now divided up into Denbighshire, Flintshire, Wrexham and Conwy.
Conwy takes in the towns of Llandudno and Conwy, which were formerly in Gwynedd county, along with just the western edge of what was Clwyd.
To say that "what was Clwyd is now the county of Conwy" is highly inaccurate. Far from saving confusion, you are creating it!
(And furthermore, the district of Conwy is not a county, it's a 'principal area' .)
@@robertfoulkes1832 Which is how it was before the names changed to Clwyd and Gwynedd. Except Wrexham, that was in Flintshire
I’ll be cooking some Cawl later this week. I need to find where I put my Mam-gu recipe book to rustle up some Welsh cakes
Those both sounds lovely.
So lovely to see you both in Wales!
Love the way you ate your way around Britain 🇬🇧
This is such a nice video to watch as I live in Wales. You should come to Swansea and visit there!
And try a Joe's Ice Cream
Hi from the UK. Just wanted to say I'm really enjoying your videos. Really interesting seeing places I know well from a visitors perspective!
Great video.
I love that you’re both willing to try new foods.
The Welsh cakes looked lovely. I sometimes buy some from M&S or Waitrose.
We had reservations for Pitch when we were in Cardiff, but their kitchen was closed for renovations and they canceled on us. 🥺
It's nice to be able to watch someone else enjoy the dishes we missed out on! Fabulous Welshcakes was good, but the ones we tried at the market were incredible. 😋
Glad you had a good time over here guys 👍 all the foods good 👌 regards Glyn
Hello Both. Glad to see you here in my home city. I live about 12 miles away towards the north-west along the Ely Valley. we live a few miles from some old collieries. Every colliery had a blacksmith because the mines used to have pit ponies for work underground. My mum’s bakestone was made where everyone else’s, in the colliery blacksmith’s shop. The best Welsh cakes were the hot ones fresh off the bakestone whatever the old wives tales tell you that if they are to hot you’ll get cramps and stomach ache!
Aw, i have become addicted to your videos! I live about half an hour from cardiff and its so nice to see you have been and enjoyed.
If you ever visit west wales and want any ideas on places to visit that are not so touristy i grew up there so know lots of fab places. You will also hear alot of welsh spoken the further west you go 😊
Next time you visit you must go to Portmeirion in Gwynedd. Its beautiful.
Fun video! Thank you! I like a drop of Brain's beer, now and again. If you like food with history behind it, there's an English apple pie recipe that dates back to 1381. We made it as a stewed fruit dessert of the filling a few years back, and it was AMAZING.
Heh. Every time I see mention of Welsh food, I keep flashing back to "The Pub," which is apparently a British-themed chain in the US that offers a number of supposedly British-themed dishes, including the "Welsh Pub Pretzel Dip" sandwich (which is sliced prime rib, green peppers, onions, melted mozzarella and provolone cheeses served in a pretzel bun, and with a side-cup of dippin' gravy). Don't get me wrong, it's delicious, but it's about as authentically Welsh as a taco platter with a side of kimchi.
In north wales we don’t call the stew ‘cawl’, we call it Lob Scowse, so similar to the Liverpool Scouse dish. It’s still a stew based around lamb or beef, onion carrots and swede. Also dumplings. The dumplings are the best bit! North Wales has quite a strong connection with Liverpool. My grandparents had siblings who moved there.
If I make Bara Brith I usually use my mother’s recipe in which the dried fruit (sultanas etc.) are soaked in tea. However, I have inherited my great grandmother’s recipe which is (in my opinion) much more authentic. It a real yeasted fruit loaf, more like enriched bread, so takes a lot more time to prepare. The recipe makes two huge loaves and requires a very large pan to mix it in. Luckily I still have my great grandmothers huge earthenware mixing bowl. My great grandma was born in the 19th century.
Places to visit in North Wales: Betws-y-Coed, Portmeirion, Porthmadog, Beddgelert, Beaumaris, Llandudno, Caernarfon. Lots more too!
It's not called "Welsh Rabbit" but RAREBIT !
my dad always used to call it 'rare welshbit'. 😅
Your Welsh rarebit looked so good! 😋
Wales is great, get over to Anglesey - very chilled out and lots to see, do and eat!
Great to see you've been to Cardiff, I love the Spillers Records T-Shirt, I used to love going in there and having a rummage! Next time you're here, try cockles, laverbread and bacon, it's delicious, also try Brain's SA, known to us as "Skull attack", one too many and you'll see why we call it that! As for a road trip, well, there are so many places to go! West Wales with Tenby, Saundersfoot, St Davids and many in between, then you have the Brecon Beacons and many many more places! I could spend a long time suggesting places to see lol.
So happy you finally came to Cardiff! Jam Welsh cakes are my favourite! Glad you enjoyed Cardiff and I hope you’ll come back again soon! If you’re looking for spectacular views, I suggest going around the Welsh valleys mountains, or even heading up to the Brecon Beacons to climb Pen-y-fan. You should also hit Cardiff bay as it’s by the sea and full of restaurants.
Nice vlog about all the Welsh food
Hey Both! A very late comment but so happy to see you both explore the North West and my home Country (Cymru) . Albeit, I’m Northern (Walian) and we’ve those dishes with a local twist. Your Welsh pronunciation isn’t too bad either! As someone that moved from N Wales that left home early ,glad to see you in Manc (This n That & Afflecks…I never knew Pixel Bar was a thing! 😉) and too see you exploring my hometown M&S in Chester / Caer! (Have recently introduced my BF’s doggo and doggos go free on the river cruise). Nice to see a follow up on your North West trips earlier in the year. Be great see you further exploring the North West (North Wales and Northern Ireland but hey, you’ve done the best parts already). Best Welsh Rarebit is at Liverpool Cathedral (Protestant) imo and you’ve already been there. Looking forward to your take on Paris. Stay safe and travel well. X
Hey guys! Hope you're doing well! Great video as always and the food looks delicious! 🙂 Hello from BC Canada! 🇨🇦
Thanks so much
I love this channel so much.
Enjoyed the video. Lots more to seein Wales
Glad you enjoyed it. We're hoping to make more of Wales on our next trip.
it all looked sooo good!! I love seeing your videos and wish I could go back to the UK
I'm with you!
Omg I'm so glad your enjoying yourselfs. But I'm so glad your in the uk knowing your eating whole wholesome food without all the chemicals in it. Don't you get to healthy lol. So enjoying your videos. You are shining stars 🌟🌟 💖
It was good food! We don't eat the snacks in the food stores as much as it might seem in the videos. 😉
Love you guys !!! When you have your road trip you have to visit the Gower in Swansea.i highly recommended three cliffs Bay and Rhossili Bay. In three cliffs you have the Gower heritage centre and a beautiful artisan bakery in the car park.
Look forward to your next video. X
Nicely done! I lived in Cardiff for nearly 20 years before moving to Canada a few years ago, so it's great to see the old haunts. I don't know if anyone else has mentioned it, but the Brains beer you tried is the light, lager-y version of their original S.A., which we affectionately call 'Skull Attack'. Subscribed for your trips to other towns I might know. Cheers :)
Yes, it's called Skull Attack because when you go one over the eight and go outside your legs go akimbo!?!
Love a classic welsh cake.
I recommend a town called cardigan, it has a castle, then a 10 minute drive away is poppit sands, there's a pub called the ferry Inn that you would drive past, its right on the river teifi and does some nice food.
Tenby is a must in wales. Barafundle bay and the Lilly ponds on the coastal path over the cliffs is a must, it’s a 3 hour walk but it’s absolutely stunning!
You should have tried Glengettie Tea. It's a Welsh blend and my favorite.
Re fruit cake/fruit loaf - UK v USA versions… I have seen four different people (reactors) from the USA on YT who blenched whilst discussing the thought of eating “a fruit cake” from the UK and they quoted them as “horrible and tasteless”! 😲 I couldn’t believe what I was hearing - “horrible”? “Tasteless”? Whaaaat? A cake made with raisins/sultanas/chopped nuts/spices like cinnamon and mixed spice…tasteless??? Noooooo! They admitted that they had not seen or actually tasted a UK fruit cake or loaf.
Then, I saw on the screen a “USA fruit cake” - it was a yellow sponge with green, yellow and red blobby bits in it and my immediate response was “that’s NOT a fruit cake”!!😲 no real “mixed fruit” that had been baked as a fruit loaf, the “blobby bits” looked like sugary cake decorations that you put on the top of any cake.
There seems to be a lot of confusion as to what IS a fruit cake with some USA peeps (the people I watched on YT 😉). The USA one could not be compared to a UK fruit cake/loaf and it could not be sold in any shop over here as one, because it doesn’t seem to have the type of fruit as an ingredient that would comply with UK (and Europe) food standards rulings.
I’m just happy that Cara got to taste and enjoy a “real” fruit cake (with her too hot, no milk tea!) and hope she gets to enjoy more of the same - please tell your friends and families that “our” fruited bakes aren’t horrible and they must try some if they can! 👍🏻☺️
A slice of fruity malt loaf spread with thick creamy butter on it and a large mug of tea…. Deep joy!
Next time your in wales you should go too Caerphilly it’s just over the mountain from Cardiff it’s got a lovely castle and it’s got nice cheese too 😋 there’s a few nice places for food there. Have Branson pickle and cheese together
Welsh Rarebit is not Rabbit. It was a way of using up the leftovers. The rare bits of food. Other things to try. Wales has the best lamb in the world so try a lamb roast dinner. If you head to West Wales (Swansea/Gower) they fish for cockles. A traditional Welsh breakfast is bacon, cockles and laverbread which is made from seaweed. In Carmarthen they have Carmarthen ham. We think the Romans stole the idea when they invaded Britain and took the ham back to Italy and it became Parma Ham. Inland the rivers are really good for salmon and trout fishing so good to try those and a traditional Welsh fish is Sewin which they call a sea trout. Not so common to find on menus these days but if you are staying near the River Teifi you may be served it around there.
Thank you for all the extra information, Angela!
Good to see Jeremy trying the real ales! I've had a few Brains myself 😃. You need to try the Theakstons old peculiar after trying a steak and old peculiar ale pie from Marks.
Best place in the UK to sample a pint of Old Peculiar is in Britain's highest Inn - Tan Hill. Be prepared to bottle feed orphan lambs and potentially being snowed in.
Theakstons old peculiar - one of the best!
Well done for trying the Barabrith. You can't taste the tea that's in it, but somehow it contributes to the yumminess. Try it again when you go further north. If you go back to London, be sure to try London Pride beer, if you haven't already. It's unfortunate that you've been here during the rail disruption, but you've managed to remain positive about everything, which was good to see.
We do a great Tea Brack here in Ireland. Love it toasted with lashings of local butter but mustn't tell my GP she'll give me a lecture but the butter is unsalted.
My Mum is Welsh and although I have never lived in Wales we always had holidays there as a child. My mum used to make something she called cheesy wot not! Which I guess was her version of Welsh rarebit and it involved cheese, mustard Worcestershire sauce and an egg, it was my favourite snack as a kid. The Welsh cakes are also lovely slightly warm with a little butter spread on them, I would say they are like a cross between a pancake and a scone. The Bara Brith is a fruitcake but the fruit is usually soaked in tea before being used and yes having butter on it is the best way especially if you warm it up slightly first. When I was in Yorkshire, Wensleydale to be exact they sold fruit cake in the cafes and gave u cheese to go with it I had never seen that before but my husband said it was nice! That might be worth you trying if you haven’t done already😁 another for you should try is gypsy tart it’s from Kent near where I live and whilst you won’t find it easily to buy it’s very easy to make and delicious, my favourite pudding when I was at school (school dinners) 😁
Thanks, Denise! A cheesy wot not sounds delicious.
Places to visit…Elan Valley, Anglesey, Portmeirion, Abergavenny (for food and a walk up Sugar Loaf mountain)…just a few ideas!
Hi from Wales watching eating cheese on toast lol, I love cowl with crusty bread 😊 try cockles 😂❤
Fideo neis iawn (very nice video)! Glad you enjoyed yourselves in Cardiff. Just so you know, "cawl" is pronounced more like "cow" with an L on the end - not exactly, but that's the best way of describing it without bringing out the phonetic alphabet. Also, no word of a lie, the Welsh word for Cara's favourite veg is "moron", so carrot soup = cawl moron 🙂Bon voyage en France.
Malt Loaf is a “thing” in the UK. Plenty of regional variations. In Yorkshire, a slice of malt loaf with Wensleydale cheese is considered “traditional” washed down by a cup of strong tea!
We have not tried Malt Loaf, but you had me at Wensleydale cheese!
With regard to recommendations for places to go and things to do on a return trip to Wales, I'm amazed that nobody has yet suggested a ride on one (or better still several) of the 'Great Little Trains' - preserved narrow-gauge railways, most of which are in North Wales.
They are both quaint and historic, and the scenery they go through is often spectacular.
The best of them in my opinion is the Ffestiniog Railway, which runs between Porthmadog (also handy for visiting Portmeirion and Harlech Castle) and Blaenau Ffestiniog.
There's also the Welsh Highland Railway between Porthmadog and Caernarfon (bit of a long ride, that one), the Talyllyn, the Snowdon Mountain Railway and the Rheidol, plus several others, twelve in all.
Also theres the standard gauge Llangollen Railway for the full-size experience.
Not to forget the Great Orme Tramway at Llandudno.
If castles are more your bag, I've already mentioned Harlech, and both Caernarfon and Conwy are well worth seeing as well as being substantially intact. Additionally, both towns have extensive town walls and at Caernarfon there is also the remains of the Roman fort of Segontium. I think you should also consider taking a look at one or more of the ruined castles such as Criccieth (near Porthmadog), Beaumaris (on Anglesey), Rhuddlan, Denbigh or Flint.
Hi guys, the English mustard in the Welsh rabbit gives it that subtle taste. Cheese on toast is nice with Worcestershire sauce. Another cake to ask for is a curd tarte they do large & small keep them moist becarefull when asking for them, it might come out like turd cart?. Good luck enjoy stay safe see you in the next.
Hey this guy knows his food!
Go to Cardiff indoor market and go upstairs and head to ffawnes pizza tell them Dave sent you the photographer.
Next time - tuck into a Sunday roast with Welsh beef! You won’t be disappointed!
8:52. That's a great hat.
Crab burgers from the shack in freshwater west, Pembrokeshire!
The Welsh rarebit looked really nice. Shame you didn't try laverbread.
It was really nice. Laverbread looks really interesting. We'll have to try it next time that we're in Wales.
Laverbread is a welsh delicacy (especially when cooked with bacon) that revived the Japanese seaweed industry by a Welsh Women who took the Recipe to Japan about 100 years ago (don't know the exact date) and this little fishing village has a Bronze Statue of her there still 😎 Try butter on your Welshcakes did you try the Jam filled Welsh Cakes they sell in Cardiff Market, think they have different fillings as well,
Lol, no, they really don't, I was brought up in the Afan valley and its a bit of an ask for me
Love rarebit. Tastes great with red onion pickle.
Way to eat Bara Brith...1. A good thickish slice, 2. Plenty of Butter, 3. A good Cup of tea.....heaven
Welsh cakes dumped in tea...😋😋
This gentrification of Welsh rabbit into Welsh rarebit used to amuse my grandfather. A man of Welsh extraction himself, he insisted that this titbit gained its name as cheese was a popular alternative to poached game in Wales, particularly amongst the working poor. In fact, cheese was so popular that a story arose which had St Peter, overwhelmed by the crowds of Welsh folk lined up at the gates of Heaven, shout out, "Caws i bawb" or "cheese for all", which caused a stampede to get this fond food, and enabled Peter to shut the gates! 🤭🤔 btw, add a poached egg on top of Welsh rabbit and it becomes Buck Rabbit. Cawl is pronounced ca-oo-l as in the hood a monk wears. As you're in Wales/Cymru, it might be thought appropriate to say that the original name for what is named Welsh Cakes is English is picau ar y maen (pieces on the griddle). Bara brith (ba-raa breeth) the Welsh fruit bread is also sometimes called Bara Cynhebrwng (funeral bread) as it is traditionally served at the Welsh equivalent to a post-burial wake.
You need to try Laverbread it's a bit like marmite you either loath it or love it, personally I love it!
Next time try some good Welsh cheese with your Bara Bryth and definitely try Laverbread with cockles and thick Welsh bacon.
Ok to do it properly, you need to put a LOT more butter on the Bara Brith, we love butter in Wales, we literally put a good thick layer of butter on it, and the same with the Cacen Gri (Welsh Cakes) they're eaten with a a good slab of butter on them, funnily enough we'd always have Cacen Gri as kids with Dropped Scones, which are nothing like scones but more like Scotch pancakes, they're small and thick and cooked on the griddle too, which is why they'd always be made with Cacen Gri, and again, a thick slab of butter on them too, I'm the youngest in a family of 5 kids, we'd basically queue next to the stove while my mum was cooking Cacen Gri and Dropped Scones, we'd take one, butter it, eat it, then join the back of the queue again!!!
Butter on the Welsh Cakes is great to my boss used to have two Welsh cakes with butter between them
Ooh and you tried some S.A. Gold. Highly recommend if you are still in Cymru to seek out Tiny Rebel brewery.
Visit Hay on Wye, beautiful little town, they have a festival there which Bill Clinton described as The Woodstock of the Mind, walk down the street and your in England, there are some lovely little towns along the border, also Rhayader and the Elan Valley is another beautiful area, in the centre of Wales, the drive over to Aberystwyth is highly recommended
Aber Falls is a very good Welsh whisky, if you like a drop of single malt.
I would love to try that. Love a good whiskey.
Next time try the Bara Brith with Caerphilly cheese
NICE
Rarebit is amazing, you can get it with an egg on too too.
Hi Guys, loved the video, just wanted to let you know there Is a tearoom that is famous for Bara Brith, it’s the best one we have ever tried
llanrwst tea room tu hwnt i'r bont
It looks pretty! We'll have to put that on our list of places to visit when we come back.
I would love to see you guys do Route 66 road trip
Next time: laverbread!!! 🌱
A place to visit; Rhayader. Ty Morgan's, a cafe in the town centre, is very good.
The cawl needs the blocks of cheese thrown in. Lovely when they melt! Welsh cakes are also really nice when eaten a day later, they go a bit harder.
When I think of Welsh food, the number 1 item is Laver Bread.
Guys you have made me so hungry
Hopefully, you found a good snack.
Interesting fact, in the south they call it cawl but in the north for the most part it’s called lobsgaws/lobsgows/lobscouse
Originally Lobsgaws, but other spelling variations have evolved over the centuries, Lobscouse be the variation from which the Scousers get their appellative.
The whole scouser story which most people will have heard is actually incorrect, an apocryphal tale about the Vikings.
The actual origin comes from the Welsh who migrated to Liverpool in the industrial period and built the houses and worked in the mills and factories etc and made up most of Liverpool at the time and they were mostly from North Wales and they ate Lobsgaws as it was a stew made from leftovers and a very popular Welsh dish.
Lobsgaws literally means what contains lumps of what is thrown out/what contains lumps of calf
Lobs means lumps of llo
Llo means what is thrown out; an ejected mass; a calf
Gaw (mutated from Caw) means a band; wrapper; what contains; what keeps together
Cawl also comes from Caw
Cawl means Cabbage; a kind of pottage or gruel in which there cabbage or a mixture of any other herbs; a hodge-podge.
Technically a cawl is a vegetarian stew but meat was added but it was still referred to as cawl but a lamb cawl or beef cawl for example whereas Lonsgaws/Lobsgows/Lobscouse etc was technically the beef version but would also be used for the lamb version too and the North tend to use Lobsgaws/Lobscows etc and the south use Cawl.
But that’s the real origin of Scouse/Scouser
I’d recommend going to North Wales it gets fun up there (mostly narrow trains)
North Wales is awful there is nothing there
If you want a good Brains beer, then Rev James is the one to go for. You can have Brains SA too (basically after S A Brain - but known to locals as Skull Attack as you'd discover after a few pints)
if your in wales south find a joes icecream parlor and have vanilla with nuts and chocolate no better icream anywhere do try it.
You definitely need to try ice-cream from sub-zero ice-cream parlour which is a Welsh company and they're the best.
This is my first time commenting and I've been watching for many months now, and btw I love your channel, I love how you've embraced England and especially enjoy its history and the occasion tea room, I enjoyed the video in Cornwall especially as that's where I live and I'm glad that you soon realised that Ginsters pastys are garbage compared to a proper cornish pasty from a bakery, keep up the great work, #paulbhustlin85 TH-cam channel
I'd love to meet you guys when my american wife comes back to the uk ...
It is Welsh rarebit, not rabbit, Bara Brith is mixed fruit (such as raisins, currants and candied peel) most locals stoke the mixed fruit over night in tea with no milk. I hope this is of interest to you. I live in South West Wales, so places I would recommend are in my are, Tenby is one near by is Barafundle beach was voted one of the best beaches in the world by National Geographic with in walking distance is Bosherston Lily ponds, going north there is New Quay, Wales not Cornwal, Llangranog and the Marked town of Cardigan is worth a visit. but there are many more.
You should have eat the welsh cakes when they were warm. Taste even better when they’ve just been cooked.
Brains SA or Skull Attack as we used to call it.
cheese on toast with red leicester cheese also thin cut onion on top or tomatoes and pepper no salt
I think the flavour of stew varies in wales. My son moved 90 miles away and told his new mother in law her stew wasn’t as nice as his mothers. You can’t beat homemade Welsh cakes with recipes handed down in the family. My welshcakes are a bit thicker than the ones you tried
Interesting! A thicker Welsh cake sounds nice.
@@TheMagicGeekdom I have to make some with jam in for my grandson. I even have to post some to Northern Ireland. Impossible to just make a plateful in my house lol
Unless she was an exceptionally poor cook, I think most sons would say nobody ever measures up to their mother's cooking. It's what you grow up with.
I didn't feel hungry until I watched this video. Now I need to go and make some cheese on toast or something. Great video!
Thank you! Hope you had a good snack!